Lillian Gish
Acting
Born 1893-10-14
Died 1993-02-27
Springfield, Ohio, USA
155 credits
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame 1
Ordre des Arts et des Lettres 1
Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres 1
Awards
Nominated for 1 Academy Award
Academy Awards 1 nominated
- 1947 Best Supporting Actress Nominated Duel in the Sun
Golden Globe Awards 1 nominated
- 1967 Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Nominated The Comedians
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame 1 won
- — star on Hollywood Walk of Fame Won
Ordre des Arts et des Lettres 1 won
- — Ordre des Arts et des Lettres Won
Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres 1 won
- — Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres Won
Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead 1 nominated
- 1988 Best Female Lead Nominated The Whales of August
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Lillian Diana Gish (October 14, 1893 – February 27, 1993) was an American stage, screen and television actress whose film acting career spanned 75 years, from 1912 to 1987.
She was a prominent film star of the 1910s and 1920s, particularly associated with the films of director D.W. Griffith, including her leading role in Griffith's seminal Birth of a Nation (1915). Her sound-era film appearances were sporadic, but included memorable roles in the controversial western Duel in the Sun (1946) and the offbeat thriller Night of the Hunter (1955). She did considerable television work from the early 1950s into the 1980s, and closed her career playing, for the first time, opposite Bette Davis in the 1987 film The Whales of August.
The American Film Institute (AFI) named Gish 17th among the greatest female stars of all time. She was awarded an Honorary Academy Award in 1971, and in 1984 she received an AFI Life Achievement Award.
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Filmography
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Acting
54 credits
The Love Boat
Tony Awards
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
The Dick Cavett Show
The Philco Television Playhouse
The Defenders
Film '72
The Ed Sullivan Show
The Kennedy Center Honors
Mr. Novak
The Night of the Hunter
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
The Alcoa Hour
Hollywood
The Unforgiven
The Birth of a Nation
Duel in the Sun
Portrait of Jennie
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Sweet Liberty
Follow Me, Boys!
Night of 100 Stars II
A Wedding
Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
Warning Shot
The Cobweb
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
The Wind
The Comedians
The Women Who Run Hollywood
The Battle at Elderbush Gulch
Lillian Gish
Night of 100 Stars
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Commandos Strike at Dawn
Romola
Film Fun
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
The Whales of August
Sparrow
Orphans of the Storm
The Musketeers of Pig Alley
Lionpower from MGM
Remodeling Her Husband
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
Just Gold
Way Down East
Orders to Kill
Mrs. Winchester's House
The White Sister
The Sisters
The Scarlet Letter
Other credits
6 credits
Directing
1 credit
Writing
1 credit
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